Chapter 365: Basste Tribe (2/2)
Because of that, Irja and I somehow lived like a newly-married couple for two days.
Most of our time was spent absorbing energy and talking about everything we could talk about. And during the nights… although I got her to sleep next to me, I restrained myself by not doing anything untoward except holding her in my arms and of course, stealing some kisses when the mood was perfect.
When Alwyn showed up three days later, her hair was a bit disheveled and it looked like she hadn't taken any sleep at all.
She presented me with a bunch of scrolls regarding the Mortal Worlds she thought we could use to enter from.
From the more than 10 choices, fortunately, one of the worlds listed was the World of Barbarian.
The other nine were worlds I haven't gone into yet. Although some of those already had the status of 80% conquered, I still lean towards the more familiar World of Barbarian where my Companions are currently residing, especially Yuko.
After picking, Alwyn asked Irja to leave the tent first.
Although confused why, Irja followed her.
Well, it's easy to guess why Alwyn wanted privacy.
Illiana sent a message for me that should be specifically told to me in person. Using telepathic messages is also an option but knowing this woman, she's faithfully following Illiana's every command.
Illiana's message is short.
”Beware of the other Invasive Worlds encroaching upon your world.”
Saying 'your world' specifically, she's certainly pertaining towards the Breached Portals from the Otherworld of the other Heroes outside of our class.
Because all of us in that class confirmed that we removed the Portal Traces, the Dark Cult members shouldn't come from the Dark World.
Looking back, that one Breached Portal Yumiko and I first discovered clearly showed that they were from the Dark World.
That means, one of the unaccounted Heroes who share the same world as someone from our class failed to erase his or her traces that resulted in the breach of that Portal.
Moreover, with a lot of Breached Portal appearing within the past month, I am unaware whether all of them were from the Dark World.
If Illiana was warning me about them… then there's a high possibility that she's correct and there's not only one Invasive World invading the Earth right now.
Now the question is… do they also use Zaraya's method? If so… then that Zaraya was working with other Invasive Worlds and perhaps, there's someone behind all of them and they're all under the same banner.
With Illiana alone, she couldn't oppose it openly and was biding her time...
And that time was when I returned with the strength strong enough to oppose Zaraya or whoever's backing him…
This is all my speculation at the moment but I'll have that sly principal confirm this.
For now, I will take her warning in mind.
After thanking Alwyn, Irja was ushered in again and together, Alwyn gave us the same crimson garb she's wearing.
We will be traveling under the guise of being a member of the Dafirae Tribe. That way no one will be suspicious of our identity.
The only problem will be how to enter the Portal once we arrived there.
Surely there will be Transcendent managers stationed there. Just like that one I encountered when I arrived here or the Dark Elf at the other side of the Portal we closed at the World of Spirits.
Most likely, it will be a group of Dark Beastmasters at Transcendent Rank.
Ah, with the knowledge about the main tribes I gained from Irja, the Dark Beastmasters' tribe was supposedly the one who was under the Great One Halion before the return of the trio.
It was the tribe taken from Halion and was now under the Great One Onimbus.
Moreover, they're not called Dark Beastmasters but the Basste Tribe. The 1-star to 5-star Dark Beastmaster designation was only for their Mortal Ranks. Once they become a Transcendent, they'll be accordingly called based on their Universal Power Ranking like the other tribes. Just adding 'Beastmaster' in it to indicate which tribe they're from.
Dafirae Tribe Transcendents also have that kind of indication, the Crimson Transcendents. Alwyn is also known as an Exalted Crimson Champion. Only by becoming a Monarch will they be granted their own title like Remilia's Blade Monarch as well as the Oxflame Monarch.
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With Alwyn leading us, we passed through at least 10 Teleportation Formations and hours of traveling by air to reach the stretch of wild territory where the Portals to the Mortal Worlds were opened.
The reason why we still need to travel by air despite the existence of the Teleportation Formations was that the wild territory was outside the large plot of land occupied by the main tribes. There are no Teleportation Formations erected within it.
It was purposely made like that so that if someone like me entered the Portal from a Mortal World and ascended here, he will have limited land to traverse and there's no Teleportation Formation he could accidentally use in his favor.
And that explained my situation back then…
As we're flying, I noticed that although a number of Portals could be seen from afar, the distance between one opened Portal to another was huge. Remilia appearing minutes after I arrived was still somewhat of a mystery but knowing she was ordered by Worldy, she's probably the closest among their spies.
”Stay sharp. The Basste Tribe is antagonistic to the tribe under the Great One Illiana. Even if we had a perfectly forged letter of appointment here for the two of you to descend to that world, there's a huge possibility that the manager will not look at it and make it difficult for you. Even if I'm an Exalted, they might ignore my existence.” Alwyn reminded us.
”That's the worst-case scenario, right?”
”Yes.”
”Then what if we kill them before they could understand what's going on?”
”… As long as there's no Exalted, it's viable. Leave the clean-up to me.”
Although I said that as a joke, that cold glint filled with killing intent that flashed from Alwyn's eyes was enough to tell me that she's also leaning toward that idea.
This woman could surprisingly have that kind of killing intent. Just how much she hated that tribe?